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Regional tourism needs fewer postcards and more useful stories

Beautiful pictures attract attention, but practical context is what turns curiosity into a confident journey.

By Naila Rehman

Margalla Newsroom

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Travel coverage across the region often stops at spectacular mountains, old streets and dramatic drone shots. Those images are valuable, but they rarely answer the questions that decide whether someone actually travels.

Readers need to know how long a route takes, what season changes access, how local transport works, what families should expect, and which customs visitors should respect. They also need honest descriptions of difficulty, cost and infrastructure.

The best tourism storytelling combines wonder with usefulness. It shows a place without flattening it into scenery. That approach also helps local communities because visitors arrive with more realistic expectations and a better understanding of where they are going.

Article: https://margallanews.com/story/opinion-regional-tourism-storytelling-2026-09-18

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